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How did your team look in the 2nd week of the NFL preseason?
Should Anandtech create a separate NFL Football forum?
Should Anandtech create a separate NFL Football forum?
Texans were horrible
Seachickens lost it in the 4th against green bay. Bastids.
Stafford and the 1st team O looked good, Best is showing speed we haven't had since Sanders left 10 years ago... Suh looks great and the d-line looks very good, secondary is god-aweful
Stafford and the 1st team O looked good, Best is showing speed we haven't had since Sanders left 10 years ago... Suh looks great and the d-line looks very good, secondary is god-aweful
Just save this quote and paste it in every NFL thread this season. It will save you alot of time.
The Chiefs looked amazing. This is the year to turn it all around. LULZ
The Detroit Lions look much better than they did two seasons ago. We need Stafford to develop into a Hall of Fame caliber quarterback for us. That offense has so many weapons now--Best (RB), Calvin Johnson (WR), Nate Burleson (WR), healthy Bryant Johnson (WR), Tony Scheffler (TE), and Brandon Pettigrew (TE) that it's hard to put all of them on the field at once. When was the last time you could say that about a Lions' offense?
You might say that the Lions' offense will go as far as their offensive line can carry them. For non-Lions fans, they added WR Burleson in the off-season to be a legitimate #2 WR to complement Calvin Johnson. They drafted the speedy Jahvid Best to give them a home run threat at RB. They signed dangerous pass catching TE Tony Scheffler from Denver. Then they traded a low draft pick for former Seabag Rob Sims to fill a huge hole at left guard. (The Lions have so many former Seahawks on the team now, they might as well be the SeaLions.)
It's nice to finally see a pass rush and they might have one of the League's better defensive lines. After the defensive line, the defense is almost God-awful. Maybe they'll somehow be able to trade an excess running back for a half-decent cornerback. For non-Lions fans, the Lions defensive line has been totally revamped and has 3 new starters--Kyle Vanden Bosch (Pro Bowl caliber DE signed as a free agent from Tennessee), Corey Williams (good DT who didn't do well in a 3-4), and 2nd pick of the draft Donkey Kong Suh at the other DT spot. It looks like the other DE (Cliff Avril) is improving and could become a good speed rusher.
Randy Philips at safety looks like a great UDFA pickup. He might even play his way into a starting spot opposite Delmas.
If they can stay healthy and outscore their opponents in wild shootouts, rolling Chicago, stealing one of four games from the FudgePackers and the Viqueens, and beating weaker non-divisional opponents, they might even be able to make a run at a playoff spot. (I know, I'm drinking the yellow Kool Aid.)